Plenty of people are unhappy with President Biden’s sweeping, blanket pardon of his ne’er-do-well son Hunter. As the hooraw grows louder, we see that even some Democrats are starting to dog-pile on the elderly, befuddled president, and the overarching pardon of his son.
President Joe Biden‘s decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden on Sunday frustrated one Democrat who has been breaking with his party in recent weeks.
The president and his 2020 running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris, ran on a platform promising to put their country over their party, as a contrast to President-elect Donald Trump. But Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) said Sunday that the president’s decision to go back on his word was a prime example of putting his family over the country.
Governor Polis took to X to express his concerns:
Governor Polis’ X post states in full:
While as a father I certainly understand President @JoeBiden’s natural desire to help his son by pardoning him, I am disappointed that he put his family ahead of the country. This is a bad precedent that could be abused by later Presidents and will sadly tarnish his reputation. When you become President, your role is Pater familias of the nation. Hunter brought the legal trouble he faced on himself, and one can sympathize with his struggles while also acknowledging that no one is above the law, not a President and not a President’s son.
There’s one problem with that statement, and that’s Governor Polis’ use of the term “Pater familias” to describe the role of the president. “Pater familias” means, in essence, “Father of the family,” and that’s a misnomer; the president, we should note, is not a father to the nation. He is our elected employee, chosen from among us to run the executive branch of a government that is supposedly of the people, by the people, and for the people.
But before they were defending him because it was a hoax